February 3rd Hearing Could VOID Jesse Butler Plea Deal — Marsy's Law Challenge May Restart Adult Prosecution
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The Jesse Butler case is far from over. The 18-year-old Stillwater, Oklahoma teen pled no contest to 11 felonies — including attempted rape, strangulation, and violating a protective order — and received no prison time under youthful offender status. But now attorney Rachel Bussett has filed a motion arguing the entire plea was legally void from the beginning.
According to court filings, the victims were never properly consulted. Critical orders were entered without required signatures. One victim was having surgery the day youthful offender status was granted — she had no idea it was happening. The DA allegedly met with a minor victim without her parent or attorney present, told her about the plea deal, and then instructed her not to tell her mother.
Bussett's argument is unprecedented in Oklahoma: if the procedural requirements weren't followed, the plea itself is void ab initio — void from the start. That means Butler's due process argument collapses, and the case could be reset for adult prosecution.
February 3rd, 2026 is the preliminary hearing to determine what this challenge looks like. Meanwhile, a federal lawsuit has been filed against Stillwater Public Schools, Principal Walter Howell, school resource officer Paul Blankinship, and Butler's parents — including Mack Butler, the former Oklahoma State football operations director who was working as the school district's assistant athletic director during the alleged assaults.
Jesse Butler turns 19 in August. If he completes his rehabilitation plan, his record gets expunged. But if this motion succeeds, he could face real prison time.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:03.5 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:07.3 | Jesse Butler. |
| 0:09.2 | Told you, Jesse, we wouldn't forget about you. |
| 0:11.6 | Nah, we got you. |
| 0:13.1 | We're going to keep talking about you because, after all, |
| 0:16.4 | as the poster child for the morning after pill and legalized abortions, |
| 0:20.2 | there's a lot to talk about. |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:25.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:26.9 | You would, you really would be. |
| 0:28.7 | I mean, I swear to God, if they put this kid's face on like the morning after pills and, like, on portions, like, you know pro choice um oh my god I think |
| 0:43.1 | you'd have it in flux just go just think that could be this you go oh shit that's a good point |
| 0:51.7 | that's a good point 18 years from now that could be yours |
| 0:56.8 | well in just a handful of days in February 3rd of 2020 26 6 something is going to be |
| 1:05.1 | happening in Payne county in Oklahoma in a courtroom that could change everything in the |
| 1:10.0 | jesse Butler, not a compliance |
| 1:12.0 | hearing, not a routine check-in. That's the, this is going to be a hearing about having a hearing, |
| 1:18.8 | you know, working as efficiently as courts too. To determine whether Jesse Butler's entire plea deal |
| 1:25.1 | gets thrown out, could it happen? Yeah, it actually could. Why? Because you guys |
| 1:30.5 | give a shit. Because there's public pressure on this case. So let's keep the pedal down on the |
| 1:39.4 | poster child for plan B. |
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